拙荊
Chinese
awkward; clumsy; dull awkward; clumsy; dull; inelegant; (polite) my |
thorns; brambles | ||
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| trad. (拙荊/拙荆) | 拙 | 荊/荆 | |
| simp. (拙荆) | 拙 | 荆 | |
Etymology
From the story of Meng Guang (孟光), the virtuous and hardworking wife of poet Liang Hong (梁鴻) in the Eastern Han dynasty, who had simple dressing with a twig hairpin and coarse cloth skirt.
Pronunciation
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